# Malam Gachha Village, Chapra, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chapra, Nadia 

# Malam Gachha

Malam Gachha is a village in Chapra sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,144 people in 754 households**, the 34th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 3,144people (2011)
- 754households
- 74.6%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malam Gachha

Of every 100 households in Malam Gachha in 2011, 62 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malam Gachha · ■ Chapra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**29%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**95%

Use banking services ****38%**

**34%

Television ****38%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Malam Gachha?

■ Malam Gachha · ■ Chapra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1145**

**964

Working population ****31.9%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 74.2% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 130 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 343 (34%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 435 (43%) · **■** Marginal 88 (9%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chapra

- Ranabanda3,499 people
- Santia3,447 people
- Madhabpur3,408 people
- Kalyandaha3,395 people
- Bagbaria3,138 people
- Maluapara3,092 people
- Pibragachhi3,064 people
- Karuigachhi2,971 people

[All 83 villages in Chapra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chapra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malam Gachha?3,144 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malam Gachha in?Nadia district (Chapra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malam Gachha?74.6% (Census 2011)